Herve is at it again - repurchases Freespace IP from THQ's corpse for $7500

[Kirtai]

Trent Oster's Freespace Enhanced Edition.

Well, at least this time he'd have a source port to plunder in addition to mods so it shouldn't be as awful.
...
Who am I kidding.

 

[hiver]

god... what a horrible news... im... im almost speechless with rage and disgust.

jesus fucking christ... why... why cant someone run that shit over with a bus? WHYYYY?
and then back up a few times to make sure.

 

[Morgoth]

Goddamn you Herve. Shall your mustache rotten off for doing stupid shit like that.

 

[Amn Nom]

And there goes my hopes for another good Freespace in my lifetime.

 

[DragoFireheart]

Herve the perv!

 

[BBMorti]

I guess we could make bets on how long time before it is presented on kickstarter.

 

[Clockwork Knight]

Trent Oster's Freespace Enhanced Edition.

"Tofee"?

 

[Whisky]

That's our Herve! Who knows what crazy plan he's going through right now to keep Interplay afloat.

God knows what he did to afford $7,500. Probably spent years creating mustache wigs.

 

[80Maxwell08]

Trent Oster's Freespace Enhanced Edition.

I think Trent might have mentioned wanting to do that actually. Though I may just be mistaken with Wing Commander. Back when I cared enough to follow his twitter he mentioned wanting to do a bunch of absurd Enhanced Editions for the Ultima games, KOTOR games, Wing Commander games, and a few more.

 

[General Maxson]

Trent Oster's Freespace Enhanced Edition.

I think Trent might have mentioned wanting to do that actually. Though I may just be mistaken with Wing Commander. Back when I cared enough to follow his twitter he mentioned wanting to do a bunch of absurd Enhanced Editions for the Ultima games, KOTOR games, Wing Commander games, and a few more.

Quick, someone send lithuanian hitmen, before it's too late!

 

[Crooked Bee]

I hope Trent Oster manages to develop a BG 3.

Just imagine how shitty it would be. Just imagine all the butthurt

 

[Data4]

Not even sure who the worthy guys would be. Although, Volition always said they'd kill to make FS3 (but I always wrongly thought Interplay held the IP thus preventing them from doing so). At least Derek Smart didn't get his hands on this like he said he wanted to.

I dunno, Derek Smart is kind of like a George Lucas of gaming. Great ideas on a meta level, but shitty execution. Plus he's a colossal dick. If he could assemble a talent pool to pull off some of the shit he thinks up, and there's a budget to support it, I bet he could make a pretty decent game.

 

[Ninja Destroyer]

Goddamn you Herve. Shall your mustache rotten off for doing stupid shit like that.

Herve hasn't got them for some time :Roguey:

 

[Fens]

going by what interplay produces these days, it's going to be a freespace (in name only) for android abomination with microtransactions


i wonder if herve gets visited by the ghost of christmas past regularly

 

[Sensuki]

7,5k? Let's find out what THQ corpse still has to offer, and fundraise for it.

+1

 

[evdk]

going by what interplay produces these days, it's going to be a freespace (in name only) for android abomination with microtransactions


i wonder if herve gets visited by the ghost of christmas past regularly

He was, but just once. He quickly stole his shackles and pawned them off to keep interplay afloat. Since then, ghosts have been avoiding him. It's not like he has any conscience to appeal to anyway.

 

[sea]

Freespace: Dark Alliance, the hot new action space shooter from gaming legends Interplay! Blast, bomb and zap your way through legions of Kilrathi starfighters as you collect phat lewt for your own ship. Can you be the next Wing Commander(TM)? Features an all-star cast including Freddie Prince Jr. and Adam Sandler! Coming fall 2014!

 

[Nadosh]

It seems THQ IPs are still pretty popular. I agree we should fundraise for it

 

[Angthoron]

Herve the perv!

I guess you could say that he... struck a nerve?

 

[Major_Blackhart]

I feel like Steve Wilkos right now.

 

[tuluse]

Why?Freespace was a bland setting that could easily ripped off. I don't get the publishers love for necroing old franchises.
Just build something exactly same and call it space free. No one cares about old IP's and even the ones that care want to see good game more than a mediocre game set in same universe.

Clearly all the publishers felt the same as you since this went for 7500 bucks.

 

[sexbad?]

Could someone get sued for making an actually good spiritual successor and calling it "Free Space?"

 

[Mortmal]

7.5 k? for freespace IP, thats not even worth 8 capital ships in star citizen.

 

[tuluse]

Could someone get sued for making an actually good spiritual successor and calling it "Free Space?"

Probably, brand confusion is one of the criteria.

 

[sexbad?]

Could someone get sued for making an actually good spiritual successor and calling it "Free Space?"

Probably, brand confusion is one of the criteria.

Damn. I can't law.